We came to this project with a couple of key insights. First, using physical motion to teach math has been shown to reinforce key concepts and engage students more than traditional means. Second, the iPhone is becoming a ubiquitous mobile device with unique motion capabilities.
Given these insights, we sought to create a new motion-based iPhone app to teach kids math, in the same vein as the Basketball Fractions game Jacob had already created. After brainstorming a number of different concepts, we decided to prototype “The Whole-ly Grail” an iPhone game that uses motion to teach the Cartesian coordinate system to fifth graders.
We hope you enjoy our prototype!
Kid Tester #1
Kid Tester #2
Kid Tester #3
